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Engineering Associations Botswana

Real Estate Institute Of PPADB Partners with US Trade and
Botswana
TEL: 316 4713 Development Agency (USTDA) to bring
CELL:72 107 842

Royal Institution Of Chartered excellence to Public Procurement
Surveyors Botswana Group
TEL: 310 5494
CELL: 72 111 201

Setlogelwa Tsatsing Civil &
Contractors Association
CELL: 71 380 505 Ambassador to
Botswana Hon. Craig
Quantity Surveyors Registration Cloud (second left) and
Council Executive Chairperson
Tel: 3956170 of PPADB
(second right )
For any Ommitted Associations Elijah Motshedi shaking
or Corrections to the above hands after signing an
Information /interivews MOU
email :
marketing@engineermagazine.co.bw

he establishment of sound Disposal Board (PPADB) after a five-day ment InitiativeThe Global Procurement
procurement policies and training workshop on Life Cycle cost Initiative (GPI) trains public officials on
Tpractices is fundamental to analysis (LCCA). how to integrate tools like life-cycle cost
ensuring a fair, level playing field in analysis and best value determinations
international tenders. Transparent LCCA strengthens procurement into their procurement process in a fair
procedures for awarding contracts for officials ability to pursue best value in transparent manner. GPIs eleven part-
goods and services can help establish the procurement process across the ner countries invest $663 Billion in pub-
accountability and encourage the cost Government of Botswana. lic procurement annually. Botswana was
–effective use of public funds, which GPI first partner country.
creates stable, efficient markets.’- Ambassador to Botswana Hon. Craig
USTDA GPI 2013. Cloud said, “This partnership direct- The Executive chairperson of PPADB, Eli-
ly supports President Masisi’s vision jah Motshedi said, “GPI has helped us to
USTDA according to the Assistant to transition Botswana to a knowl- continue to learn and implement best
Director Hardy is a small independent edge-based economy and bolsters practices in public procurement thus
government agency that supports far Botswana’s reputation for good gov- improving efficiency and effectiveness
and open trade environment to increase ernance, transparency and the rule of of the procurement process. PPADB has
trade between the US and emerging law.” The USTDA’s Acting Director Thom- made progress in introducing certifi-
markets. The Agency’s other mandate as Hardy said that the commitment to cation requirements for procurement
is to be a foreign assistance agency delivering better, longer term infrastruc- managers, implementing new policies
that is to provide assistance to develop ture investments will provide Botswana for managing conflicts of interest, estab-
infrastructure projects in middle income ‘s citizens the best value for their mon- lishing codes of conduct for government
developing countries. The USTDA signed ey. He went on to express that the MOU employees and digitalisation of the pro-
a Memorandum of Understanding with continues a partnership between PPADB curement processes.
Botswana Public Procurement and Asset and USTDA under the Global Procure-

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